Graeme Richard Wicks Graeme Richard Wicks i(A17869 works by) (a.k.a. Graeme Davidson)
Also writes as: Richard Carey
Born: Established: 9 Jan 1929 ; Died: Ceased: 13 Sep 2009
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon The Real World Graeme Richard Wicks , Mawson : Mawson Press , 2007 Z1550008 2007 single work novel
1 1 y separately published work icon Notes on a Wasted Man and Other Stories Graeme Richard Wicks , Charnwood : Ginninderra Press , 2000 Z567545 2000 selected work short story
1 Tomoko Graeme Richard Wicks , 1988 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 32 no. 1-2 1988; (p. 46-48)
1 The Dancing Wife Richard Carey , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Literary Supplement) , 23 October vol. 106 no. 5439 1984; (p. 114-116)
1 Bird from the Sea Richard Carey , 1984 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 28 no. 1-2 1984; (p. 70-72)
1 Liberation and the Family Round Richard Carey , 1982 single work short story
— Appears in: A Ream of Writers : Australian Prize-Winning, Highly Commended and Outstanding Short Stories 1982; (p. 119-127)
1 The Crazy Tape Richard Carey , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , September vol. 25 no. 3 1980; (p. 5-11)
1 The Lost Ticket and Life's Messages Richard Carey , 1980 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , January-February vol. 24 no. 1-2 1980; (p. 98-100)
1 A Perfect Day Richard Carey , 1978 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 22 no. 12 1978; (p. 62-63)
1 The Hero on the Picnic Ground Richard Carey , 1977 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 21 no. 12 1977; (p. 31-34)
1 Once It was Frog Hunting Richard Carey , 1977 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , March no. 1 1977; (p. 5-7)
1 To Market Richard Carey , 1976 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , August vol. 20 no. 8 1976; (p. 68-71)
1 In the Office Richard Carey , 1975 single work short story
— Appears in: Quadrant , December vol. 19 no. 9 1975; (p. 94-96)
1 Little Jessie Graeme Richard Wicks , 1966 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , Summer vol. 25 no. 4 1966; (p. 444-452)
1 1 form y separately published work icon Consider Your Verdict Douglas Tainsh , Enid Johns , Sonia Borg , Phil Freedman , John Ormiston Reid , Terry Stapleton , Rosalie Stephenson , Osmar E. White , Edward Wright , Graeme Richard Wicks , Mary Underhill , ( dir. John Dixon ) Melbourne : Crawford Productions , 1961 Z1813000 1961 series - publisher film/TV crime

Consider Your Verdict was a television adaptation of Crawford Productions' radio programme of the same name, which (according to Storey at Classic Australian Television) ran from 18 August 1958 to 1960, for a total of 312 episodes. Soon after the radio program ceased, Crawfords began developing Consider Your Verdict as a television program.

As they had with the radio version, Crawfords made a number of production decisions aimed at increasing the apparent authenticity of the program. According to Storey, these included consulting legal professionals (including the Crown Law Department, Victoria Police, and Melbourne University's Department of Law), limiting the actors playing witnesses to a brief overview of the script and requiring them to ad-lib their lines (resulting in an authentically hesitant delivery style), and occasionally casting actual legal professionals in roles (notably homicide detective Gordon Timmins and Eugene Gorman QC). The intention was to suggest that audiences were watching a broadcast of an actual trial; in keeping with this illusion, as Moran notes in his Guide to Australian TV Series, the program carried no production credits.

The majority of the cases were criminal cases (primarily murder), though the program did present some civil cases. Inexpensive to produce, the program occasionally suffered from the suggestion that it adhered rather too closely to legal process, rendering episodes slower and less dramatic than they might otherwise have been.

1 No Posies Graeme Richard Wicks , 1956 single work short story
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 18 July vol. 77 no. 3988 1956; (p. 24,27)
1 Ultimatum Richard Carey , 1952 single work poetry
— Appears in: Direction : New Literature in Australia , vol. 1 no. 2 1952; (p. 37-38)
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